Lyneham ELC News

Celebrating a fabulous BCC Twighlight Fete

A big thank you to all those people, P&F members, staff and parents, who put in so much time and effort to make Friday’s Twilight Fete such a huge success. Special thanks and appreciation to Suzie Fowler who gave up so much of her time to coordinate the entire event. This was my first Brindabella Fete and the sense of community and spirit that I witnessed on Friday was another highlight to what has been a very big year for Brindabella. Bruce Handley Principal Brindabella Christian College

Children are effective communicators - Easter Story

This is evident when children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media .

ELC Lyneham - Jesus Story

Last few days of 2015

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Last week, PK made some 'dinosaur footprints' with salt dough.

The most frequently asked question was, "Can I eat it?" Mrs Sarah promised that we would make something we can eat - so today we made 'dinosaur footprints' with gingerbread. They were yyuummyyy! :)

Let Them Run Wild

As the days are getting shorter and the weather is colder it is a good reminder that children still need to get outside and do exercise and activities. This is not only good for their health but also good for their mental health. Click here for recent research in this area.

Make your own Afternoon Tea Day

Today was 'make your own afternoon tea' day in PK, and we made jelly with fruit! We focused very hard to pour our jelly 'half way' and then added grapes and honeydew to our cup. We can't wait for this afternoon when we can gobble it up. :)

Maths & Science at ELC

Today we did a combined maths/science lesson. We discussed volume and measurement. We also used the observe (notice), predict (guess) explain (why did it happen) formula for exploring how and why the food dyes were diluted and spread throughout the water. Finally, we discussed the rainbow they formed and reminded P.K. what kind of behaviour is “Rainbow Behaviour”, linking to our behaviour reward system. It was fun 

Miss Ann celebrates 60 Years

Our Miss Ann celebrated her 60th birthday over the Christmas break so we didn't get a chance to celebrate with her. Happy Birthday Miss Ann from your Brindabella family. Thank you for the blessing you are to our community. We love you.

Mobilo Creations in PK

In PK this week we used our imaginations and covered the floor with mobilo creations. We made patterns with bead boards and shapes, used play dough, and drew with pencils and textas outside and inside. Learning through play in this way means we are developing our fine and gross motor skills, learning to sort and sequence, which is getting us ready for maths and literacy activities later on, and also learning that symbols on a page have meaning.

P3 Tent Making

The highlight of the P3 class was making outside tents with Mr Kieran. We had great fun deciding how it would best work. Tents can be a wonderful place for imaginative play to develop and grow. They can become a cave, home, office, or anything in the world we want them to be. And they are great fun. :)

PK 2015 Christmas Digital Art

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PK Harmony Day - 25 March 2014

This week the children in PK participated in Harmony Day activities. One of our favourite activities was the ice-cream shop. Children were very excited about role playing based on an ice-cream shop, as we created and tasted “ice-creams”.

PK Literacy Information Session and family BBQ

Last night’s Literacy for Little Learners (LLL) information evening was well attended by PK families. We enjoyed a BBQ dinner together in the new Charnwood Junior School yard. We then heard a presentation by Rose, who wrote the Literacy for Little Learners program.

PK's Archaeological Dig

PK's precious prac student, Miss Tessa brought in a wonderful activity for the children today. We pretended to be archaeologists carefully brushing away with our tools, searching for dinosaur bones. We took an ink wash over a blank page and - WOW - we discovered some dinosaurs. We matched them up with the skeletons we knew and then tried to name all of them!

This week PK made marble paintings!

We 'drizzled' some paint over our paper and 'rolled' the marbles around the box. Some of us made frames, others made spider webs and a few made 'explosions.'